Polycom IP 550 AC VoIP Phone 2200-12550-001

The Polycom IP550 SoundPoint desktop phone features Polycom's revolutionary HD Voice technology, which brings life-like richness and clarity to every call. Polycom Phones, including the Polycom SoundPoint IP 550, are amongst the most popular IP telephones for use with Asterisk, Trixbox, Switchvox and other open SIP based IP PBX platforms and services. The Polycom HD Voice technology that the Polycom IP 550 uses incorporates wideband audio for over twice the voice clarity; Polycom's patented Acoustic Clarity Technology for crystal-clear, noise-and echo-free sound, plus best-in-class system design for high-fidelity, faithful voice reproduction.

Polycom IP550 VoIP Phone Overview:

The Polycom IP 550 desktop phone delivers advanced features and capabilities, such as shared call/ bridged line appearance, busy lamp field BLF, presence, text messaging, and buddy lists. The Polycom IP 550 phone also boasts an integrated XHTML micro-browser that allows users to take advantage of productivity-enhancing Web-based applications. Add the support of four lines, a backlit, high-resolution, easy-to-read graphical display and flexible customizations options, and it becomes clear why the Polycom IP550 is certain to meet the voice communication needs of the most demanding managers and professionals. The Polycom IP550 desktop phone is engineered to make installation, configuration, and upgrades as simple and efficient as possible. The phones built-in IEEE 802.3af PoE circuitry and a dual-port Ethernet switch enable flexible deployment options and savings on cabling expenses. The Polycom IP 550 phone supports remote, zero-touch provisioning and upgrades from a variety of servers, including FTP, TFTP, HTTP3, or HTTPS3. To ensure reliable, uninterrupted performance, the phone supports boot4 and call server redundancy.

Polycom IP550 VoIP Phone Features and Functions:

Four lines

AC Power Adapter Included

Backlit 320 x 160-pixel graphical grayscale LCD

Shared call/bridged line appearance

Busy lamp field BLF

Presence, buddy lists

XHTML micro-browser for Web applications

The Polycom IP 550 desktop phone has been tested and certified to deliver comprehensive interoperability and extensive feature support with leading SIP-based call control platforms by BroadSoft, Sylantro, Interactive Intelligence/Vonexus, Digium, and other Polycom Technology and Interoperability Partners2. The phone also interoperates with Microsoft Live Communications Server LCS 2005 for telephony and presence. Therefore, whether the Polycom IP550 phone is deployed in conjunction with an IP PBX or a hosted VoIP service, you can rely on it to deliver on its promise of outstanding sound quality and industry-leading SIP feature set.

Excellent Call Quality, Lots of FeaturesThe HD phone quality is much better than a regular phone. Nearly every aspect of the phone is customizable. And excellent value for all the features.

(Submitted on 10/10/2008) | by Sam Spadaro

This phone ROCKS!Having tried other IP Phones from Snom and Cisco, we settled on Polycom. The IP550 is an awesome business machine. We have the HDVoice wideband codec working and the voice quality has to be heard to be believed.